About Us

Universal Power Conversion, Inc. (UPC) has been one of the leading distributors of Hydraulic and Pneumatic Components since 1981. Currently located in Savage, MN we primarily serve the Upper Midwest. Over the years UPC has earned a reputation of offering high quality products, great customer appreciation, and excellent customer service helping our customers with all their Hydraulic, Pneumatic, and Automation needs.

In 1981, Brian Olson open the doors to UPC. Brian accumulated many top manufacturers to represent for high quality products such as, Air Logic, Airtec, Alkon, Enertrols, Feeding Concepts, Mead Fluid Dynamics, Mem-co, Starcyl and many more. UPC still has these relationships today and we continue to expand our supplier base in response to the ever-changing demands of our customers.

In 2007, Universal Power Conversion, Inc. was purchased by Karen Firle who had been a Sales Engineer with UPC since 1998. On January 28th, 2018, Universal Power Conversion, Inc. announced that the company has been certified by the U.S. Small Business Administration as a participant in the SBA 8(a) Business Development Program and is NWBOC WOSB Certified.